HONOLULU — Authorities say an Army airdrop missed its target at a military training area and landed on the campus of a Hawaii elementary school.
HONOLULU — Authorities say an Army airdrop missed its target at a military training area and landed on the campus of a Hawaii elementary school.
Officials with the 25th Infantry Division say the package was parachuted from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as part of a training exercise Thursday.
Instead of landing at the Marine Corps Training Area Bellows on the island of Oahu, the package fell onto the campus of the nearby Waimanalo Elementary and Intermediate School.
Authorities say the drop did not cause any injuries or property damage. The package contained a tent and some batteries.
Honolulu police recovered the equipment and returned it to the Army.
Army officials say the incident is under review to learn how to prevent it from happening again.
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Once in Wahiawa’s Hidden Valley Estates, two parachutists landed on the complex roofs and another got stuck in the trees. The female Army specialist was danging more than 50 feet in the air, when some Sgt told her to cut the lines. She fell and broke both legs and had to call EMT to bring her out. We told her the fire department was coming with engine ladders, but no that dumb Sgt ordered her, he should be the one paying her medical bills.